(BEN GURION, DAVID).

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 55

(BEN GURION, DAVID).

Israel. Edited by Ab. Harman and Yigael Yadin. Preface by David Ben-Gurion. <<Inscribed and signed by Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion to United States President Harry S. Truman:>> “To Harry S. Truman in admiration and friendship. D. Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 21.5.58.” Original dust-jacket. Sm. folio.

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem: Massadah Publishing Co. Ltd. (1958)

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $4,250

Eleven minutes after Israel proclaimed its independence, American President Harry Truman signed an executive order granting de-facto recognition to the new Jewish State. This album of photographs recording the development of the modern State of Israel was presented by its first Prime Minister to President Truman at the time of the tenth anniversary of Israel’s independence.